cvelist/2018/6xxx/CVE-2018-6516.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@puppet.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-06-07T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2018-6516",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "pe-client-tools",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "16.4.x prior to 16.4.6"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "17.3.x prior to 17.3.6"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "18.1.x prior to 18.1.2"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Puppet"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Arbitrary Code Execution"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516"
            }
        ]
    }
}